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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and the University of New Orleans organized the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (HDMB) in 2005 in partnership with many national and Gulf Coast area organizations and individuals. HDMB was awarded the Award of Merit for Leadership in History, and is the largest free public archive of Katrina and Rita with over 25,000 items in the collection. Read More.

HPIM0074_0044

Damaged glass high-rise building with missing panels, school buses and parked cars in a lot, two men walking on grass, and street signs reading "Lake Charles Civic Center," "Port of Lake Charles," and "One Way."

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Citation

“HPIM0074_0044,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/28689.